Method for Managing Channel State in Extended Traffic Region Base Station

1. A method for managing states of a pair of channel elements including a normal channel element for a normal traffic region and an extended channel element for an extended traffic region in an extended traffic region base station wherein the extended traffic region base station includes a state management block (SMB), a call processing block (CPB), a resource allocation block (RAB), a statistics processing block (SPB) and a base station manager (BSM), the method comprising the steps of: a) by each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element, reporting current states of each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element to the SMB, wherein the current state is one of an abnormal state, a loading state, an idle state and a busy state; b) by the SMB, combining the current states to thereby generate a combined state; and c) by the SMB, reporting the combined state to a set of the CPB and the RAB and a set of the SPB and the BSM.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the current state is one of an abnormal state, a loading state, an idle state and a busy state.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the step b) further includes the steps of: d) by the SMB, reporting the current states to the SPB and the BSM without combining the current states.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein the step b) includes the steps of: b1) in reporting to the set of the CPB and the RAB, determining if the current states include the abnormal state; b2) if the current states don't include the abnormal state, determining if the current states include the loading state; b3) if the current states don't include the loading state, determining if the current states include the busy state; and b4) if the current states don't include the busy state, combining the current states to thereby generate the idle state as the combined state.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the step b2) further includes the step of: b5) if the current states include the abnormal state, combining the current states to thereby generate the abnormal state as the combined state.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the step b3) further includes the step of: b6) if the current states include the loading state, combining the current states to thereby generate the loading state as the combined state.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the step b4) further includes the step of: b7) if the current states include the busy state, combining the current states to thereby generate the busy state as the combined state.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the step d) includes the steps of: d1) in reporting to the set of the SPB and the BSM, determining if the current states include the abnormal state; d2) if the current states don't include the abnormal state, determining if the current states include the loading state; d3) if the current states don't include the loading state, determining if the current states include the busy state; and d4) if the current states don't include the busy state, by the SMB, reporting the current states of each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element to the SPB and the BSM without combining the current states.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein the step d2) further includes the step of: d5) if the current states includes the abnormal state, going to the step d4).

10. The method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the step d3) further includes the step of: d6) if the current states includes the loading state, going to the step d4).

11. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein the step d4) further includes the steps of: d7) if the current states include the busy state, by the SMB, combining the current states of each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element to thereby generate a new combined state; and d8) reporting the new combined state to the SPB and the BSM.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the step d7) includes the steps of: d71) if the current states include the busy state for the normal channel element and the idle state for the extended channel element, combining the current states to thereby generate a combined state indicating that a call is set up in the normal region; d72) if the current states include the idle state for the normal channel element and the busy state for the extended channel element, combining the current states to thereby generate a combined state indicating that a call is set up in the extended region; d73) if the current states of each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element shift from the busy state and the idle state to the busy state and the busy state, combining the current states to thereby generate a combined state indicating that a handoff is being performed from the normal region to the extended region; d74) if the current states of each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element, shift from the idle state and the busy state to the busy state and the busy state, combining the current states to thereby generate a combined state indicating that the handoff is being performed from the extended region to normal the region; d75) if the current states of each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element shift from the busy state and the busy state to the busy state and the idle state, combining the current states to thereby generate a combined state indicating that the call is being shifted from a handoff region to the normal region; and d76) if the current states of each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element shift from the busy state and the busy state to the idle state and the busy state, combining the current states to thereby generate a combined state indicating that the call is being shifted from the handoff region to the extended region.